One notable part-owner and editor of the Buffalo Express was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also known as Mark Twain,[1] whose tenure at the newspaper lasted from 1869 to 1871.

After a change in corporate leadership, Cowles Media decided to close the paper in September 1982.

After the local Newspaper Guild members voted to oppose a deal to sell the Courier Express to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation,[3] the September 19, 1982 issue was the last issue published.

The news clippings and photographs, arranged by subject and person, cover the late 1950s to September 19, 1982.

While that may take years, photographs will continually be added to the Butler Library Archives Flickr site.